Corn-husking machine



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ATTO R N EY Patented Aug. 17,- 1926. p i 1,596,836

-' l AUGUST W. HAASE, OF FENTQN, IOWA.

CORN-HUSKING MACHINE.

Application filed ioctobcr 18, 1922. .Sei-ial No. 595,302.

The object of my said invention is the tion engine 6 superimposed upon and carried provision of acorn husking machine char: by the frame 1 at a point adjacent to the I acterized bysimplicity in construction and left ,ihand side'ancl forward end thereof. capacity in operation. Among other elements the machine com.

ll To the attainment of the foregoing, the prises a hopper 7 open at the left hand side invention consists in the improvement as of the machine and closedas indicated by hereinafter described and definitelyclaimed. 8 at the right hand side of the machine, and

In the accompanying drawings, forming provided .on the closure side wall with an part of this specification upwardly extendingguard or fender 9. As 65 10 Figure 1 isan elevation showing the right c early shown in the drawings the hopper hand side of my novel corn husking machine 7 is formed by two walls 10 and .11 which which has been reduced to actual practice are inclined longitudinally and converge and successfully :operated .to ladimited exdownwardly to a point above and approtent. priately spacedfromthe frame 1. The rear 70 1 Figure 2 is an elevation showingthedeft hopper wall iss'upported at itsrear end hand side of the machine. bythe rear portion of the frame 1 through Figure 3 is a front end elevation of the the medium of inclined struts 12. The machine. I front 'hopperwall 11 is supported by struts Figure .4 is a top plan View vof the ma- 11 t 75 chin e. Inaddition to the hopper/7 the machine Figure 5 is an enlarged .vertical longiincludes an elevator 13 which extends up tudinal section showingithe working .parts wardly and forwardly from its lower end of the machine. andzoverhangs the forward portion of the Figure 6 is a horizontal section taken in frame 1 and :the rear portionof the body of 80 th plane indicated by ,tl1e.1-ine,=676'o-f Figthevvagon before alluded .to into which the me 5. elevator "is designed'to discharge husked Figure 7 is a detail section taken .on-the corn. r. line 77 of Figure 5, lookingdownwardly As'best shown in :Figures 5 to8 the maand showing the driving connections for chine also compriseshusking-rollers 14, .a 35

the husking rollers. sieve 15, a corn pan :16. a rake 17, having F Ygure 8 is a transverse sectlon taken .on transverse strlps carried thereby, .a fan 18, the line 8-8 of Figure 5. blades 19 to straighten the corn relatively Figure 9 is a transverse section taken in to the rollers 141, and oscillating members the planeindicated by the .line ;.9.:..9 cfFig- -20 forholdingthe corn to therol'lers 14:,itl10 90 ure 5. said members 20 :being actuated by eccen- Figure 10 is a transverse section taken in tries 2 1. These several elements are rela-- the plane indicated by the line 101O of tively arranged as shown in. Figures 5 to 11 Figure 9. and by reference to the said figures and the Figure 11 1s a detail section taken on the other figures in the drawings it will be um 95 line 1111 of Figure 5. derstoocl that the corn thrown into the Figure 12 is a plan view of the sieve comhopper 7 at one side thereof passes clownprised in the machine. wardly over the husking rollers 14-, and Similar numerals of reference designate passes from the ends of the said rollers corresponding parts in all of the views of into the endless conveyor 22 of the eleva- 100 the drawingsp tor 13 to be raised and delivered to the In the illustrated specific embodiment of wagon body in the manner before described. my invention I employ a frame 1 supported The husks removed from the ears of corn by rear wheels 2 and front wheels 3, the pass downwardly between the rollers and latter being carried by an axle 4 pivotto the sieve 15. The rake 17 operates above ally connected with the frame 1 and the sieve to discharge the husks at the rear equipped with a stub-tongue 5, designed to thereof. The shelled corn passes idown be hitched in appropriate manner at the Wardly through the sieve 15 to the corn back of a wagon. V pan 16, and is delivered ultimately to the I The working parts of myno'vel husking lower part of theelevator 13 to be taken no machine are actuated in the manner hereinup by the conveyor 22.

after described from an internal combus- The fan 18, relatively arranged as illusr by a sprocket bltZbconnected with the trated, is designed and adapted to force air between the sieve 15and the corn pan 16 so as to discharge dirt and particles of husks rearwardly from the machine. The straightening blades 19 are driven through the medium of a sproket belt 23, FigureQ, ap- I propriately connected as illustrated with the engine 6. The same bolt 23 iactuates the eccentrics 21, the conveyor 22 and the fan 18. It will be noticed that the belt 23 is engagedwith a sprocket gear 2 1 for holding said belt taut. The rake 17 is driven opposite end ofthe shaft that isdesignated by 26, Figures 1' and 2. l

The husking rollcrsll are provided in opposite sides with grooves 27, the grooves 1n one side of each roller 14 being preferably arranged in alinenient with the spaces between the grooves in the opposite side of theroller, Figure 5; husking rollers 1 1 are arranged in pairs, Figures Sand 9, and one roller of each pair is arranged lower than the other and at one side of the vertical plane of such other. The upperof the husk-- ing rollers let are movable laterally toward and from the lower husking rollers lat, and at the opposite ends of the hnsking rollers means are provided for: yieldingly' pressmg the upper rollers against the lower rollers. The said means at each end of the collection ofthe rollers lt'coinprises a transverse shaft 1% appropriately held against endwise' movement and providedwith abutments 1 1 coiled springs 14 mounted on the said shaft and bearing against said abutments, and levers 14 fulcrumed at intermediate points of their length and having their lower arms subjectto the section of the said springs 1 1 and their upper arms arranged to press'agains't' antiefriction rollers 14: on the shafts of the upper'husking rollers 14 so as to bring about the holding of the upper rollers 14 under yielding pressure against the" lower :husking rollers.

Manifestly by virtue of this construction the capacity of the mechanism in husking corn is increased, and at the same time the liability of lchokingor breakage is reduced to a minimum.

,My novelmachine will be appreciated as advantageous when it is stated that after snapping .c'orn, the farm handworking on the ground alongside the machine can conveniently throw the corn into thehopper 7 throughthe opening at one side of the hopper and above the plane ofthe organized mechanism, when the-corn will take the course hereinbeforedescribed; and will be acte'd on in the'manner and 'forthe purpose set forth;

It will further be appreciated that the practical use of novel machine does not entail breaking down of the corn stalks in afield.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s:

- In acorn bushing mechanism, an inclined spectively and the upper stretch of said raking means being adapted to rake the husks of the corn away and-the lowerstretch of-said'raking means being adapted to rake shelled corn from the' corn pan to be re ceived by the 'endlesselevator. 3

In testimony whereof I affix my'signature.

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